Family Friendly Trusted Partners

Partner organizations offering support, training, and networking opportunities to Family Friendly Schools participants. Trusted Partners provide a combination of complimentary resources and fee-based services.

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Equips educators to identify strengths, address challenges, and implement effective strategies that elevate achievement and overall school quality.

Areas of Focus

  • Assessment: A research-based tool that enables schools to evaluate performance, validate strengths, identify areas for growth, and develop clear, actionable plans for continuous improvement.
  • Conference: A premier professional learning experience featuring expert speakers and practical strategies designed to advance school excellence and student success.
  • Awards: A nationally recognized program that honors schools for achievement, growth, and sustained improvement, highlighting models of excellence for others to follow.

Contact:
Judy Warden Fields, CEO
judy@blueribbonschools.com

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Our programs include keynote presentations, workshops, and professional development initiatives to equip educators with transformative relationship-first strategies for success.

Key Offerings

  • Flagship 3-Day Intensive for District, School and Community Leaders (Santa Fe, New Mexico): Transform practice through immersive relationship-first approach.
  • Relational Leadership Virtual Academy: Build Thriving relationship-first cultures across your school community.
  • In-Person Programming: We will come to you to host a masterclass, intensive, or institute to activate lasting change through on-site relational leadership experiences.

Contact:
Lisa Otero, Program Manager
lisaotero.crlnm@gmail.com

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Successful Innovations (SI) helps schools, districts, and communities build stronger partnerships with families to support student success. FACE Learning Network is a professional learning community for family engagement practitioners and thought leaders.

Key Offerings

Contact:
SI: Shanice Davis, Program Manager;  info@si4all.com
FACE Network: info@facelearning.org

FatherFriendlySchools2

An alliance and training organization comprised of multiple national and regionally recognized school-based father engagement programs.

Professional Dev. Topics

  • Building Father-Friendly Schools That Actually Work
  • Turning Events Into Year-Round Engagement Systems
  • Reactivating and Sustaining Father Engagement Programs

Contact:
Keith Schumacher, Executive Director
keith@fatherfriendlyschools.org

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Flamboyan Foundation partners with educators, schools and systems to provide coaching, training and free resources to develop and sustain high quality family engagement based on building relationships, ongoing communication, and academic partnering.

Contact:
Shoko Fox, Senior Managing Director, Programs
sfox@flamboyanfoundation.org

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IEL Partners with communities, working with local entities to fill service needs and support them in the long-term on their transformational leadership journey.

Key Offerings

  1. Coaching, technical assistance, and professional development on family engagement
  2. District facilitated self-assessment and audits of family engagement practices
  3. Evaluation of family engagement practices

Contact:
Dr. Ryan Hurley, Regional Director
HurleyR@iel.org

NAFSCE

A membership association dedicated to advancing family, school, and community engagement. Its mission is to promote high-impact policies and practices that support child development and improve student achievement.

Key Offerings

  •  Individual and organizational membership
  • The annual National Assembly for Family Engagement in Education
  • The Family Math and Reframing Academy
  • Monthly webinars and newsletters focused on field-building

Contact:
Dr. Maggie Caspe, Senior Research Consultant
caspem@nafsce.org

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Everyone has a role in launching students to success!
We give you the resources to lead the launch. Check out our key offerings for Family Friendly Schools below.

Contact:
Barbara Boone, Director
boone.32@osu.edu

Talking Points

An education technology nonprofit with the mission to improve student outcomes by unlocking the power of effective family-school partnerships.

Contact:
Nancy Lee Bromberger, VP, Strategic Partnerships
nancy@talkingpts.org